Bradbury Mountain Hawkwatch: Week 2

This week was pretty slow at the hawkwatch. The weather varied from cool and damp to downright sunny with winds from every direction. Two days were cut short due to poor visibility. The exception was 3/27 with a new daily high count of 65 raptors – mostly Turkey Vultures, but Red-tailed Hawks also picked up in number. Our first Peregrine Falcon and Merlins were observed this week. Non-raptor highlights included 7 Fish Crows, 5 Sandhill Cranes, one Snow Goose, and first-of-year Eastern Phoebe.

This week’s totals (this week – season to date – 2022 total):

BLACK VULTURE 0-0-1

TURKEY VULTURE 79-171-470

OSPREY 0-0-286

BALD EAGLE 3-30-97

NORTHERN HARRIER 5-10-84

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 7-13-670

COOPER’S HAWK 4-9-56

NORTHERN GOSHAWK 0-0-3

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK 8-29-123

BROAD-WINGED HAWK 0-0-1651

RED-TAILED HAWK 19-45-140